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Bendire's Thrasher

Toxostoma bendireiOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)
Bendire's Thrasher Fresh Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: Curved (up or down)
  • Eye Color: Yellow to orange yellow.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Malar or malar stripe
  • Crown Color: Olive-brown
  • Forehead Color: Olive-brown
  • Nape Color: Olive-brown
  • Throat Color: Olive-brown with streaking.
  • Cere color: No Data
Bendire's Thrasher Fresh Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 23-25 cm (9-10 in)
  • Weight: 62 g (2.2 oz)
  • Size: Size 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
  • Color: White, Brown, Gray, Olive, Buff
  • Underparts: Gray-buff with distinctive arrowhead-shaped spots.
  • Upperparts: Olive-brown
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Spotted or speckled
  • Breast Pattern: Spotted or speckled
Bendire's Thrasher Fresh Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Swift flight on rapidly beating wings alternating with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.
  • Wingspan Range: 33-38 cm (13-15 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Dark olive-brown
  • Under Tail: Black with white tip.
  • Leg Color: Gray
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Family Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)_blue
Species Toxostoma bendirei
Length9 - 10 Inches
Wingspan14 Inches

Bendire's Thrasher

Bendire's Thrasher: Medium thrasher with olive-brown upperparts, spotted buff underparts. Bill is short, gray and slightly decurved with pale pink lower mandible base. Eyes are yellow-orange. Tail is long, olive-brown above, black with white tips below, and has brown undertail coverts.

● Song: "chek" ,"chek-chek"

● Foraging & Feeding: Bendire's Thrasher: Eats primarily insects but also takes some fruits; forages on the ground.

● Breeding & nesting: Bendire's Thrasher: Three to five brown-marked, green to gray green eggs are laid in a cup nest made of sticks and lined with leaves, grass, pieces of fabric, rootlets, and other fine materials. Nest is built 3 to 5 feet above the ground in a shrub, small tree, or cactus. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Bendire's Thrasher: Curve-billed Thrasher is larger and bulkier, with larger bill, brighter orange eyes, and different call.

Flight Pattern

Swift flight on rapidly beating wings alternating with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.
Bendire's Thrasher Fresh Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Bendire's Thrasher: Breeds in southeastern California, southern Nevada, southern Utah, southern Colorado, and western and central New Mexico south to central Sonora. Spends winters in northwestern Mexico. Preferred habitats include semi-desert and desert areas, with large shrubs or cacti and open ground, and open woodlands with scattered shrubs and trees.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationFairly common
MigrationNorthern birds migrate
Weight2.2 Ounces